Excerpt from Revelation in Progress From Adam to Malachi: A Series of Bible Studies It is the object of the following pages to review the books of the Old Testament from this especial standpoint analysing and commenting upon them as containing a series of gradual and progressive revelations, which, while given from the time of Adam to that of Malachi, under every variety of circumstance, were yet marked by an organic unity of purpose which historically culminated in Christianity, and in it alone found their true meaning and fulfilment. As far as the author is aware, this attempt has never yet been made in the form here presented. For the most part the Bible has been treated as one revelation of equal breadth and brightness; simple events, occurring early in the world' s history being made typical of Gospel doc trine, and legal ordinances being regarded in the clear light of evangelical truth. The consequence has been that Bible students have often lost sight of the beautiful connection subsisting between those different methods by which God has from time to time taught and governed his Church, and the particular conditions of the Church at such corresponding periods. Instead, therefore, of grasp ing those exact truths which the progress of Divine revelation was intended to give at the time of their de livery, too many persons have looked away altogether from their historical interpretation, only to gaze upon their irradiation under the light of the New Testament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.